DailyFinance.comhttp://www.dailyfinance.comDailyFinance.comhttp://o.aolcdn.com/os/df/2013/img/2-dailyfinance_logo_m.pngDailyFinance.comhttp://www.dailyfinance.comen-usCopyright 2015 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Cook your way to the top with culinary scholarshipshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/08/03/cook-your-way-to-the-top-with-culinary-scholarships/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/08/03/cook-your-way-to-the-top-with-culinary-scholarships/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/08/03/cook-your-way-to-the-top-with-culinary-scholarships/#commentsFiled under: Careers, Food, Family Money, Financial AidThe typical college scholarship has a few entry requirements -- an application, an essay, maybe even an interview. But to win one of the culinary scholarships to Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's premiere cooking schools, you'll have to cook to earn your tuition.

Le Cordon Bleu gives away more than $250,000 each year in culinary scholarships to would-be chefs who demonstrate their cooking skills for the school's judges. Culinary scholarships make sense in a profession that's all about how you can perform in the kitchen.

Culinary scholarships are important because the cost of culinary school can be steep -- anywhere from a few thousand dollars a year at a community college to $45,000 a year at a private university. Fortunately, many different organizations offer culinary scholarships for students who are interested in working in the culinary arts.

]]>bakingbakingscholarshipchefcookingcookingscholarshipcookingschoolculinary scholarshipsculinaryartsculinaryscholarshipculinaryschoolfoodgourmetMegan CottrellTue, 03 Aug 2010 07:00:00 ESTCampusfood.com delivers campus food for hungry college studentshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/28/run-july-28-campusfood-com-delivers-campus-food-for-hungry-coll/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/28/run-july-28-campusfood-com-delivers-campus-food-for-hungry-coll/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/28/run-july-28-campusfood-com-delivers-campus-food-for-hungry-coll/#commentsFiled under: Financial AidIt's the middle of the night, and you're sitting in your dorm room, stomach growling louder than your iPod. But who will deliver at this hour?

That's exactly the situation that CampusFood.com was created for. Thirteen years ago, company president Michael Saunders was a college junior at Penn, trying to order a tuna sandwich to satisfy a midnight craving. When no one could get his order right, he decided there had to be a better way to get campus food.

Today, Saunders' dream has become a "virtual food court" that students from more than 390 college campuses can use to order food from nearby restaurants. Even though he's no longer a college student, he loves his business.

]]>campus foodcampusfoodcollegedorm food deliveryfoodfood deliveryFoodDeliveryrestaurantuniversityMegan CottrellWed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 ESTHow to check FAFSA status and see how much financial aid to expecthttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/10/how-to-check-fafsa-status-and-see-how-much-financial-aid-to-expe/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/10/how-to-check-fafsa-status-and-see-how-much-financial-aid-to-expe/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/10/how-to-check-fafsa-status-and-see-how-much-financial-aid-to-expe/#commentsFiled under: Financial Aid, Grants, LoansIf you just completed your FAFSA form -- the free application for federal student aid -- you may be wondering when you'll find out just how much the federal government will kick in for your degree. Fortunately, checking the FAFSA status of your application is quick and easy.

How soon you can check your FAFSA status will depend on how you applied. If you filled out the FAFSA online like 98% of today's students, you should be able to check your FAFSA status within three to five days after applying, if not sooner, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

]]>collegesFAFSAFAFSA statusFAFSAstatusfinancialaidgrantsloansstudentaiduniversitiesMegan CottrellSat, 10 Jul 2010 15:00:00 ESTNursing scholarships offer help to students hoping to fill the nursing shortagehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/02/nursing-scholarships-offer-help-to-students-hoping-to-fill-the-n/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/02/nursing-scholarships-offer-help-to-students-hoping-to-fill-the-n/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/02/nursing-scholarships-offer-help-to-students-hoping-to-fill-the-n/#commentsFiled under: Careers, Family Money, Financial AidIn this recession, we've grown used to the idea of a job shortage. But according to a Northeastern University study, in the next few years, there won't be a shortage of jobs -- there will be a shortage of people to fill them.

What job tops that list? Nursing. In the next 10 years, America will need more nurses than ever before, creating an even larger nursing shortage than there is today. Students hoping to fill that gap need nursing scholarships to help them fund their education.

Individual states offer many different nursing scholarships for students seeking a nursing career. Many state hospital or nursing associations offer nursing scholarships to future nurses, like the Florida Nursing Association which offers a variety of scholarships for students across Florida.

Other states offer loan-forgiveness programs, like Delaware's Nursing Incentive program, which pays back loans for excellent nursing students who agree to work in a state-funded hospital for one year. States like Louisiana and North Carolina have specific organizations to recognize and give nursing scholarships to nurses, like The Great 100, which gives out 100 nursing scholarships and grants each year to nurses and future nurses.

]]>collegefinancialaidmalenursingscholarshipsminoritynursingscholarshipsnursenursesnursingscholarshipsregisterednursestatenursingscholarshipsuniversityMegan CottrellFri, 02 Jul 2010 09:00:00 ESTCoca-Cola scholarships pay up to $20,000 for collegehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/30/coca-cola-scholarships-pay-up-to-20-000-for-college/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/30/coca-cola-scholarships-pay-up-to-20-000-for-college/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/30/coca-cola-scholarships-pay-up-to-20-000-for-college/#commentsFiled under: Financial AidUnlike other teenage guys who were more interested in video games than volunteering, Aaron Chadbourne was a kid who was active in his small town of Gorham, Maine. He got involved every way he could -- president of the National Honor Society, collecting Christmas gifts for his less-fortunate peers, and even serving on his town's school board.

When it came time for college, Chadbourne wanted to dream big -- Harvard University -- but paying for the ivy-league school was a challenge, until he found one of the largest scholarships available for young leaders: the Coca-Cola scholarship.

]]>Coca-ColaCompanyCoca-ColaScholarshipCokeCompanyCokeScholarshipcollegefinancialaidleadershipmoneyscholarshipuniversityMegan CottrellWed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:00 ESTTeaching scholarships help bright students become excellent teachershttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/22/teaching-scholarships-help-bright-students-become-excellent-teac/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/22/teaching-scholarships-help-bright-students-become-excellent-teac/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/22/teaching-scholarships-help-bright-students-become-excellent-teac/#commentsFiled under: Student Loans, Careers, Family Money, Financial Aid, EducationEver since she watched an inner-city teacher change the lives of his calculus students in the movie "Stand and Deliver", Rita Soledad Fernandez knew she wanted to be a math teacher. "I see education as a way of social change," Fernandez said in an interview with WalletPop. "I wanted to teach low-income students and provide them with the same high-quality education that the students that come from money usually receive."

Deciding to become a teacher was a no-brainer. Paying for the education she needed to teach her students? Well, that was a tougher problem to solve, until Fernandez found Math For America, a nonprofit that recruits and trains excellent math students to be teachers in the New York City public schools and offers teaching scholarships.

]]>educationscholarshipscholarshipsstudent loansteachingteaching scholarshipsMegan CottrellTue, 22 Jun 2010 08:00:00 ESTSexually harassed as an Intern? Sorry, it's hard to fighthttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/05/27/sexually-harassed-as-an-intern-sorry-its-hard-to-fight/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/05/27/sexually-harassed-as-an-intern-sorry-its-hard-to-fight/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/05/27/sexually-harassed-as-an-intern-sorry-its-hard-to-fight/#commentsFiled under: Careers, Family Money, Financial AidOn her first day of her new internship, Elizabeth's boss invited her out for a drink with all the other new staff.

But when she showed up at the bar and none of her co-workers were there, she started to wonder if something was wrong.

Elizabeth took the internship at a large international organization because she hoped to advance her writing career. That was what her boss promised her too, but his strange behavior continued. He would give her extra projects and encouragement, which Elizabeth liked, but too often tried to get her alone or brought her unexpected gifts.

Soon, she realized he wasn't just interested in her career. She was being sexually harassed. But as an unpaid intern, what could she do about it?

That leaves interns like Elizabeth with few options, especially when the perpetrator is the one in charge. Eisenbrey says students who need an internship to help them with their future job search are particularly vulnerable. "You know that the person who you're relying on for a recommendation letter is the very person who's doing this to you. That would make you think twice about it," he says.

Because Elizabeth's supervisor was the head of the office, and each office in the larger organization operated independently of one another, there wasn't anyone who she could turn to. A friend with legal experience told her she didn't have a chance. "'You don't have any proof,' my friend told me," says Elizabeth. "'And even if you did, you wouldn't be able to afford a lawyer.'"

Most lawyers would be unwilling to take a case when the prospects of damages are so small, says Eisenbrey. Still, he notes that a caveat to the law is that a court may rule that discrimination laws apply if the intern was unpaid, but should have been paid according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. But he admits that even this doesn't give much protection to interns in the workplace. "Young people who are so desperate to get something on their resume that they'll work in an unpaid internship are probably especially vulnerable."

Interns beware and prepare

Colleges and universities often do their best to prepare students for problematic situations in the workplace. Geni Harclerode, internship coordinator at the University of Michigan, says her school holds workshops and seminars to help students think through what kind of experience they want in an internship and how to deal with unexpected situations.

"We work really hard to empower students to assert themselves and start asking questions even before they start their internship," says Harclerode. She encourages students to try and create an open, trusting relationship with their supervisor from the first day of their internship, creating a place for them to go if situations like sexual harassment arise.

"That's a conversation you want to plan for because those are hard words to say," says Harclerode. She also tries to let students know that her door is open, and has counseled several students through uncomfortable work environments.

The university also does its research on the companies they invite to recruit student interns. They take all complaints seriously, and would suspend any company that didn't address concerns about student safety. She says more and more university career centers are becoming aware of the potential for sexual harassment and are networking with other schools to keep students safe.

But there are situations like Elizabeth's where there's no one to turn to when someone's dealing with sexual harassment, says Harclerode. She hopes her students can find a way to speak up for themselves and stop unwanted attention. "We hope that students feel like they have the right to say something or put a stop to it," she says.

A rude awakening

Elizabeth did put a stop to the harassment, but at a price. She wrote her boss an email, telling him that his behavior was making her uncomfortable. That day, the harassment stopped, but so did her career advancement.

"In the beginning he was promising to help with my career," says Elizabeth. "Now he doesn't even look at me."

She's warned other interns and employees about her boss' behavior and even worries about a new young intern, whose timid personality has attracted her boss' attention. "I see him doing it again and again, and it makes me sick," says Elizabeth.

She went into the experience hoping to enhance her future. But what she's gotten out of it, she says, is a rude awakening to what the work world can be like.

"I've had to really learn to keep my distance from men in the work place," says Elizabeth. "It makes me feel very cynical about my career and finding a place in the world.""It ended up being me and him," she said. "He started asking me a lot of questions about my sex life. I just felt really uncomfortable."

1. Grants and scholarships. Grants usually come from the state or federal government, and scholarships can come from your college or private sources, like individuals, business and foundations. They're the best kind of financial aid because they're completely free.

]]>collegedebtFastWebFinAidfinancialaidgrantsMark KantrowiczscholarshipsstudentloansuniversitiesMegan CottrellWed, 31 Mar 2010 10:00:00 ESTStudent loan debt fear made me skip fancy schools for a free onehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/21/fear-of-student-loan-debt-made-me-skip-fancy-schools-for-a-free-one/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/21/fear-of-student-loan-debt-made-me-skip-fancy-schools-for-a-free-one/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/21/fear-of-student-loan-debt-made-me-skip-fancy-schools-for-a-free-one/#commentsFiled under: Credit, Financial AidI can remember being 17, sitting in our Michigan farmhouse, across the kitchen table from my mother. "You don't have to go there just because you got a scholarship," she said. "You can go to any other college you want. We'll make it work."

A feeling of utter practicality took over my brain. Paying thousands of dollars in student loan debt or going to school for free?

I chose free.

Thinking back, I'm still surprised by my decision. Even though I came from a podunk town in rural Michigan, and my advanced-placement classmates chose prestigious universities like Brandeis, University of Michigan, MIT, Yale, and Northwestern, I chose a mid-sized, not-particularly-academic state school because it offered me four years tuition and room and board. I never looked back.

You know how your teachers always say that the "stupid question" you want to ask is probably the same one on everyone else's mind? Well, here's one:

What's the difference between credit cards and debit cards?

Maybe you thought you were the only one who didn't actually know, but that's where you're wrong. Credit cards and debit cards have real differences, and not knowing what they are can create major problems for college students.

]]>bankscollegecollegestudentscreditcreditcardsdebitcardsfinancesmoneyoverdraftfeesspendinguniversityMegan CottrellSat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00:00 ESTMoney College: Dump the 'Freshman 15' and fatten your wallethttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/09/dump-the-freshman-15-and-fatten-your-wallet/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/09/dump-the-freshman-15-and-fatten-your-wallet/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/09/dump-the-freshman-15-and-fatten-your-wallet/#commentsFiled under: Health Care, Food, Financial Aid, How to Save MoneyIt's sophomore year, and suddenly you're finding that your jeans don't fit like they used to? You're not alone. Although so-called "freshman 15" is an exaggeration, most students gain weight in college. Stress, a less-active life style, and those buffet-style cafeterias lead many students to pack on pounds. A Rutgers University study showed that if students keep up their freshman weight gain, they would gain 27 pounds by graduation.